Operating mechanism for slicing-machines



E. K. HOOD, DECD.

H H. HOOD, ADMINISTRATRiX.

OPERATING MhCHANISM FOB SLICING MACHINES.

APPLlCATEON FILED JAN. 4, 1919.

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OPERATING MECHANISM FOR SLICING MACHINES. APPLICAMION FILED J NA, 1919.

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Patented May 18, 1920.

., UNITED srATEs AT NT; orFIc ERNEST K. HOOD, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA; HARRIET I-I. HOOD ADMINISTRATRIX OF SAID ERNEST K, HOOD, DECEASED.

To all whom it may concern} Be it known that I ERNEST K. Hooo, a citizen of the United tates, residing at In- I V ,dianapolis, county ofM'arion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Mechanism for Slicing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a power driven slicing machine wherein I there is no shock produced by picking up rangementsof the reciprocating and rotating parts-of the Figure 1 is a plan of an ordinary. slicing machine equipped with my improvement.

- Fig. 2 a plan of a motor unit with my improvement, and

,Fig. 3 a cross section of the same.

equipped The numeral 1, represents thebed of a slicing machine; 2 the rotary knife; 3 the reciprocating carriage 4 the feeding mecha- 4 the ordinary, hand operating nism; and 5 wheel. v

The operation of this type of machine is well known and needs very little explaining. The-meat, or other substance to be cut is clamped in carriage 3. The hand wheel 5,

is rotated, which causes knife 2, to rotate" and carriage 3, to reciprocate. The feed-' ing mechanism 1, feeds the meat, to be cut,

" toward the. plane'of rotation of the knife,

and by setting the feeding mechanism to the desired thickness the meat is cut'uniformly and of the required thickness. These 0pera-, tions are universal with this type of slicing machine and I make no claim thereto.

It is very desirable in slicing machines to have a positive driven motor connection and a hand operating mechanism each of which can be operated without disconnectingthe other, and I have also found that it is desirable to have the shock occasioned by throw ing on the motor absorbed before the reciprocating and rotary parts of the machine Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 4, 1919. Serial No. 269,636.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR SIIIGING-lv'IAGIEIiIINLEJS.

Patented Ma is, 1920.

are picked up. To accomplish this I loosely mount a sprocket or gear 6 on the hand operating shaft. This sprocket is held from end play by a collar 7, and is connected to hand operating wheel 5, by means of a coil Spring 8. Thus it will be seen that when power is transmitted to sprocket 6, through chain 9, the spring 8, absorbs any initial shock, before transmitting the power to hand wheel 5, and the rotating and reciproeating parts of the slicing machine are picked up without shock. a 1

In practice the motor or driving unit operating chain 9 is provided with a forward running positive driving clutch.

In Figs. 2 and 3, have shown my invention applied to the motor driving unit;

10 represents a motor, carryinga worm, meshing with a worm wheel 11, mounted in a housing 12. This worm wheel is provided with abutments 13 adapted to contact with pawls 14:, carried by a shaft 15 which isdriven through-these pawls whenthe worm wheel is operated in the proper direction.

However, shaft 15 can be operated in the forward running clutch.

Loosely mounted on shaft 15, is a sprocket 16 held from end play by a collar 17.

'fRigidly mounted in the end of shaft 15, is

'- a collar 18, connected withsprocket 16, by

means of a cpil spring 19.

It will thus be seen that any power from motor 11' is' transmitted to sprocket 16,-

through spring 19, and that the shock of picking up. the load, carried through the chain leading from the'slicing machine to same direction without operating worm wheel 11, because the pawls 14: operate as a the sprocket 16, is absorbed by thespring 19.

In practice it has been demonstrated that,

with. this arrangement the load is-picked up without noise or vibration.

The forward running clutch construction above described forms the subject matter of ing unit; a resilient connection between theslicing machine and the operating means; and means whereby the machine can be opapplication filed by myself and W. B. Wolff erated by either or both driving means, subconnected with the loosely mounted memstantially as and fort thepurpose set forth. ber, substantially as and or the purpose set 10 2. In a slicing machine the combination forth. I

of a hand operating devicea driving mem- 1 her loosely mounted adjacent to said hand ERNEST HOOD operating device; a spring connecting said Witnesses:

loosely mounted member and the hand op- BESS WIARs, erating device; and a power driving unit M. H. FULLER. 

